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Opera seria |
-"Serious" -Recitatives and arias designed to display virtuosity of start singers - sung in Italian no matter what - stories of gods |
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Christoph Gluck ? |
(1714-1787)
Made seria opera more realistic and simpler |
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Opera |
A play set to music, with scenery, costumes, props, special effects, accompanied by an orchestra |
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Opera buffa in france |
Opera comique |
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Opera buffa in germany |
Singspiel |
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England |
Ballad opera Dialogue opera Comic opera |
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Opera buffa |
Sung in audience's language Spoken dialogue Lively downtoearth plots Humorous dialogue Entertainment for middle class |
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Mozart? |
Marriage of figaro
Nobility sing opera seria style Lower class more folk like Servants have a "patter"
Had the ability to depict a character and develop it through music |
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Marriage of figaro |
Banned by king Louis XVI
Most successful work in Mozart's lifetime |
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Mozarts librettist? |
Lorenzo da Ponte
Wrote text for marriage of figaro and don Giovanni |
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Mass? |
Catholic Church No sets or costumes Religious |
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Requiem |
Musical setting for the mass for the dead |
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Oratorio |
No sets or costumes Based on biblical story |